strange call from microsoft (scammers)

I received this call too. It tooks the sofware "ammyy" to take control of my cpu. He also ran the command assoc.

I gave my name, address and email on their site (something like "web2fit"), but I refused to give credit card numbers.

Y at - it a danger? What should I do?

If he came to your computer, you should at least change your password, run a Malwarebytes scan and if there is no personal information on the computer, call your financial institutions, etc.

Never, ever give access to your machine.

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